m
A Blorrid Scene.
Execution 0f ('ol.’ lhiUrnport’s film.
darnrs.—A lalh‘ nnvnlbvr nl .llc,C|m:\go
News cnnjnins n Ilcmiln-al nu'nn‘nl (II the
excculinnnf John uml :\.L‘i|n Lon-,1; and
Gran-ville Young. my HUM of We munh-r
0| Cu). Dan-"pull. I' F Mulml lhnl nub
withstanding Ihc “I‘nllu‘l' was Mmmy. n
lmn: _5OOO men, \rmngn umi (luiqlrvn an].
ml‘nn’rlthe upphlh‘ng su'm‘. Juhn lmll"
confessed the intruder, [HILEHHI hp “151103
those present {_n H'H‘lu'. as [he (lvclm'fl
lion '0! u dying man. his nscc'rlinn that his
brutllcr Aaron and Grunyll'c Young. WHO
innmcn‘fln lhzu Clinm.
~ Aaron Long and Grnnwttc Young then
'SCVClfnll'y protested that they were inno
cent. “'hen they had done. John Loot;
again made a speech, detailing some event!
in his life. and called upon all to ink?
warning by his late. Up to 1810, he “Ml
never “Hinged a man, but in that your “1‘
was persuaded to engage in counterfeiting.
and from that he wasted to the count"!!-
sion of rohhery and murder. .A to” con
lession of his a“; and npsllt‘lllll‘s he said
would implicate two hundred lllt'll .In “It
nois, indiatm. Missouri. and the . l cum»
7;, but be withheld the cnnlcssmn from
some rcgutd {or their fflllllllt‘i. ‘
After he had closed lu- icturm-d to ill~
sent, and alter consulting the other prison
crn, returned and stated that it was their
dying request that their hedges be given
to their friends and not to the phybicians.
Mr. Gatchcll now slt’ppcti forward and
oflnrl'd up a hilUl'l and appropriate prayer ;
utter nhich Mr. Haney road :I short paint.
The prisOncrs now severally uhook hum];
with those on the scaffold, and with each
other. Aaron Long. and Young. nearly
overcome nith emotion—John, quite calm
and collected. The Slicrifl bound their
arms, put the ropes round their neclu,
drew the cape over their incest. and led
them forward upon the drop. Taking the
axe he severed the rope at one blow, and
down went the drop. letting them fall a
distance of four teet. But now remained
a scene moat revolting to behold and most
horrible to desctihv'. The middle lope
broke, letting Aaron Long lull, striking
his back upon the beam below, and lying
insensible from the strangling caused by
the rope before it broke. For a moment
not a human being moved, all were horri
fied, and seemed riiited to their places.—
Soon. however, the officers descended and
raised him up, “hen he recovered his son
tea and Was again led upon the gallows,
auflerTngintenser, raising his hands, and
crying out—"l‘he Lord have mercy on
me! You are hanging an innocent man.
'And (pointing to his brother) there hangs
my poor brother.’ But, _alas. he heeded
him not. lie was already gone beyond
his sympathy—he was left alone to endure
the dreadful sight of his brother’s last ag
onies, and once more to pass through the
dreadful scenc——the rope—the plaltorm—
the axe. '
' I ahall never forget the appearance of
that man, as he sat upon the bench. a large
bloody streak about hiu neck, his body
trembling all over. while preparations
were making lor his final tall. But there
was another act in this drama. Ashe was
ascending the gallows. signs of no out
break among the crowd were evident.—
Some cried—' That’s enough—let him
go? while others gave expression to their
horror. lost at this moment some cry
was raised in a remote part of the crowd;
no‘one‘ knew what it was; some were
frightened—one wing of the guard retrea
ted towards the gallows—the tumult- in
creased—a. sudden panic seized the im
mense crowd. and they all fled precipit
ntely from the place. If the earth under
the gallowa had opened, and Pluto him
selfhad arisen from the infernal regions
with hits horses and chariot, it could not
have caused greater consternation. or it
more haaty flight. The guard were with
difficulty kept in their places; the crowd
returned. and soon all was quiet, every
one ashamed of himself for having been
frightened at nothing. One wagon was
found upset. but it was supposed to be the
eflect, and not the cause of the panic.—
The wretched victim of the law was at
length diapatched, and the crowd diapere
ed. Thua ended the first execution I ever
witnessed, and God grant that it may be
the'laat.
SINGULAR TRADITION.
Among the Seminole Indians there is nl
lingular tradition. regarding the white l
man’s origin and superiority. They say l
when the Great Splrit made the earth. he i
also made the men. all of whom were fair
complexion; and that, after making them
he led them to the margin of a small lake
and bade them leap therein and wash.—
One immediately obeyed. and come Irom
the water purer and fairer than before. the
second‘heaitated a moment, during which
'time, the water.‘agitated by the first,had
become slightly muddled. and when he
had bathed he come up copper coloured ;
the third did not leap in till the water be
come black with mud and lte'_catne out
with'hia'own color. 'l‘hcri the Great Spié
rit laid before them, three packages of
bark. and bade 'them choose. and out of
5 pity for his misfortune in colour, gave the
hint man the first choice. lle‘tuok hold
offline packages and having felt the Weight
of e'a‘Eh. chose the heaviest; the copper-f
colored brie, ,1 then chose the second heav
iest, leaving the white man the lightest.—
Wlten we first was opened. it was found
to contain spades. hues. and all the impre
_mente of labor. the second vutm‘rapped
hunlingl’hnd fiihing'.‘ and u-niltlte opparal
tuw'thfithird gave to the: whitemo‘it, pen.
~ink“ ah V-Vpaper-v—the engine of the-'vmind-L
the 'iii‘ehhs of mutual Ineutul ittiproveniept
--the aogigl link of humanityuthe'luunc
dation offi'v’hitemao’s superiority}, . v.
LETTER FROM OREGQN-
We find in the Plntte mg“ " '03:"
from Oregun. addressed I" ”‘c'H‘m' "'
vid R. Atrhison. 11 member o'. Qongrcss.
:mtl ua it embodies canslrlerublc Informa
. ' . rung and condition
tion n-sprcltng the. M . 0| it in
ul the settlers. 5“? L 2”? ‘_‘ “mug; P ll
sertmnv. ' 'l‘hu lettetillflhgyg'.‘ ‘ r. ' ‘
1 . . w lcr. c J '—
lmdnlhgiigniltlunnirnositios are not enter
. ..d the subjects of Great
tamul by titty." _‘ . l th
scent (lesnous to ltve um er. 1
f3'l32;:..uxnt ol the United Stntes. lhey
"upopmr to look to that gnyernment us free
and happy. and n 5 'mont likely to be lthcr—
“l in her legislation. l have seen rind
hastily examined llughes' hill to orgnnt'le
n ”dung“! guvurnment here. I notice
thztl the only persuns who can claim any
thing under iti proxiaxnns [th " lree white
males.” Pt’rllllpb he was nol infurtncd in
regard lo the thatrnrtrr ml the population
in this cnuntiy. I will give’)'nu some in
lortnnlion in regard In that matter; “hich.
you may rely ulmn as correct; leaving it
to you and our lrirndu in Conércss to do
\\ hut may he «fertnt'd junt under the ctr»
(Ulllblflllct‘fi. Perhaps tt’nC-lltlltl of the
nnpulaliun in Oregon «Jewish: ul Canadian
French and [tetanus lrmn Rvd River. must
ul uhum are nztn‘t' nr In“: mixed with the
Indian blnml. Upon the \Ynllurnvttr.
near the Me‘hndist Missttm. there is n
large settlement at Frentli, who have aenr
ernlly line lnrma. well cultivated. huge
bands (ll cattle. horses. huge, and some
sheep They grow a great deal of wheat.
and are Considered good citizens. In
these plains all around me there are num‘
hers ol persons from Red River. I hare
lound them generally intlustrlnue, hunt-st,
and very guml neighbors. Most of them.
as well as the French have Indian or half
breed wives.
" Besides thete classes of population.
we have many persons train the United
States who were for years engaged in
trappeis or traders in the Rocky Moun
tains. These Inert are among our best
citizens. Many of them, ohile in the
mountains, martied squawe,hy whom they
have children. and they still live. with
tlteir wives. and are raising halfbreed
children. For mynz-11, as a 'matter ol
taste. I do not admire their choice of wives;
but at the time they were married. there
were no other women to marry ; and since
they have determined to settle in this
country, they were too honorable to aban
don their wives and children in the tnuun
tains. By the laws of our government
here we have admitted all these classes to
the full benefits of citizenship. and have
gtven them precisely the same rights and
privileges as others. Any law thatyould
tnketrom them their farms. the labour ol
years. would most deeply mortify' all per»
sons in this country. I think I can safely
say that all persons here are anxious that
these men should be allowed, in some
way to secure the value ol their labour.—
Should it be thought unoise to permit
them to rate as citi'Lens, the law. should
give them their landi, or at least give them
the privilege of selling. the purchaser ob
mining by Vtrtue oi such purchase a good
title to the premises.
Later Irom Mexico.
“’c have received dates from the city 0'
Mexico to the 25th ult.—thirteen days In
ter than the intelligence 0! last week.—
Thc news from Vera Cruz is to the 2‘.) h
ult. At tlte latter place it was the gene
ral impression that all difficulties between
the United States and Mexico were in a
tair way to be amicably settled. Previ
ous to the 29d) the U. S. squadron had to
ken itsvdeparturr.
La Voz del Pueblo (an opposition jour
nal of the city of Mexico) furnishes the
foundation of the report that negotiations
were likely to be resumed between the U
nited States and Mexico. It states that
in secret session of the two chambers ot
Congress. on the 14111 of October, the Min
ister of Foreign Aflairs communicated to
them that the Consul of the United States,
resident at Mexico, had transmitted to
him despatches from the Cabinet at VVash
ingtou, the tenor at which was as follows:
—That. desiring to avoid hostilities be
tween the two republics which ought to be
firmly united by sympathy and a thousand
ties of mutual interest. the Government at
Washington was disposed to submit the
affair of Texas to negotiation ; and that in
order to arrive at a determination ot the
matter at once reasonable aotl honourable
to both parties, it would send an Envoy
Extraordinary, should the Mexican Gov.
einmentbe disposed to receive him. The
Government of Mexico replied. thatthe
relations between the two countries being
broken. it could not receive the Envoy in
a public character. but wouldiadmit him
as the simple private bearer ofthe message
'0 question. upon the condittonthat, first
of all. the U. 8. Government should with
draw its squadron from the waters of Ve—
ra Cruz. El Siglo of the 16th confirms
generally the report of its contemporary.
and leaves hardly a doubt that some one
has obtalnetl an expression of an opinton
't'rom the Mexican cabinet, as to reopén
ing negociations, whether he was uuthort-r
zed to do so by the Cabinet at Washing
ton, or proceeded upon his own responsx
bility.
; The ravages-bf the Indians in’the De;
partments of Durango, Zaca'tecas, and
elsewhere “ere continued with their won
ted atrocities. In the engagements which
have taken place, between the savages and
the people assembled to resist them, the
former have been uniformly successful.—
~At the» last accounts the Indians were
within four leagues of Fresnillo, (one of
the richest mining towns intMexic‘u) and
in twenty ofthe capital of Zacatecas. "In
Durango,flt)wti“hundred Indians had pane.
lratcd in filleen days to the wt? heart "f
the Department. More than five hund- _
red perauna‘hnd bccnr‘kille'l, IhOPSM’d“ 0'
horses and cattle been dtiven 0“. and “my == .
were mnrclllllg within fiflc'c" leagues ol the ‘ lly Dlvmo permisslon, lha Rey. Mr. Nunol ”.19
cnpitnl. laying wnalc, plundering and mm._'hil:p:?::§nl ('h'llx‘rchj wnll p'renlch In Ihc‘Agmlomy, In
dcring u! [heir pleasure. l ' '"" “0“!” “cm“; “""Jg‘l ””“l
Gen, Parades, nt Sun Luislliplnsi. lmdl ‘
detached from his knees n Vile‘gimcm of
cavalry lo lllc aid of the inhnbilanls. und
it is supposed that the hbtrible scenes 0!
unrnagu and plunder would thereby be
stayed.
I). Sun Junn Unutmtn. the Governor oi
Tobuacu, in an address to the inhabitants.
dated the 25th 'of September, congmtu
lutcs them upon the restoration of the em
pire ut the laws and constitutional order,
“hich had been suspended since the 14th
of June. ”This pnciticntinn was not once
ted wuhulit shedding a gnnd deal of blood.
, Sat. Eve. Post. 9|
I‘HE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE ll)?
FRANCE. ENGLAND, AND THE
L‘Nl'l ED STATES
During the last low you” we have heard
it grunt deal on this Billc of the Allnnlic
ol the extension ol the lt’ulit‘lilse in France,
n 9 well in; in England. A cotemporaiy
well it-inurks z—“ Thu extent of electin
lrunchiic in France, may be inferred from
the lnct thut in Lyons. :1 city of three
hundred thousand inhabitants, distingniah
ed in nrts. the sciences. litcrnluga‘étntl the
mall's-lions. at a recently \vurinl‘fcunles
ted election, time were but one hundred
and seventy seven votes cast. The num
ber ul persons holding offices at the pleas
uro til the government, is probably grem
er than the number ol voters." France
now contains u populotiun oral least 30,.
000,000. and the number of voters who
elect the cha'nbcr (ll deputicsf do not cx~
coed 210.000, or nnly nhot'it one vntcr in
170 inhabitants. This is a very restrict
ed sulTrego.
New Yuuk Slnlc, with n pnpu‘uKiun 0!
2,600,000, in the presidenlinl canvas 0!
1844, pom-d 487.000 vu'ca. or more than
mice the votes of the “hole kingdom of
France. wi‘h fuurtren times the popula
tion. 'l‘hia is I: pointed instance M the
(Jill'crcnce between Europeuu'nml Ameri
can u-plcseumtlon.
In England the auflrage is far more ex
tended. “ith a population of between
filteeen and sixteen millions. the number
of registered electors l 3 about 860,000.
which renders the proportion of voters
one to every 18 ol the inhabitants. New
York, Netv Jersey and Ohio. at the can‘-
vass ol‘ )8”, pulled 875.000 votes, or
more than all England. though their pop
ulation does not exceed 4.800.000 The
proportion here is about 1 vote to every 5
inhu'iitnnts. This comparison wilt give
some idea ol th_e_u‘niltersalrty nl A merirnn
sultrage as cnhtrasted 'wrrh that of Eng
land. the most democratic form of govern
ment in Europe.
'l‘hough years ago, there were many in
the country who leared the eflects of so
extended a sutl'rnge, experience has most
gloriouuly confirmed the confidence ol
those who believed that that was the hop
piest lorm ol government where the peo
ple are the most trusted.
The extended sullrnge of our country
ll the noblest. monument our republic can
present, ot the full capacity of man for
sell-government. In the presidential can
vass nl 1844, the enormous number at
Two MILLIONS seven HUNDRED THOUSAND
Volt 3 u ere cast in the United Staten. All
will acknowledge that the'previous excite
ment was terrible. It was never more in
tense since the foundation ol our republic.
Yet no sooner “etc the ballo's counted.
than the minority at millions peaceably
NletltlllCLl tn the decision ol the majority.
There is a moral m‘ijesty it: popular now
er, Lt: t‘nnvqed through the stlent but
nutlL' tireless sovereign ba'tot. which not
orally owes turbulence and commands or
der and tranquility tar more eflectunlly
than the power of armies. It is like the
impressive flood ot a mighty rivertin
whose presence the mind leels that it is a
power so strong that resistance to its cur
rent would be unavailing.
“ The people have spoken.” conveys to
an American the highest idea ot poWer
which can be embodied under our form at
government. to which he submits. not less
[ruin the instincts at ‘his education than
from the irresistible’awe which these pop
ular expressions must inspire.
I fllbany flrgus.
Fletcher H’ebsler, in his recent lecture
on Chinn‘ and the Chinese. furnishes the
lollnwing'l peculiarities of the Celestial“
The adroitness ol the Chinese rogues
was its great as the vigilance of the Polic .
'l‘he burglars there sometimes strip titerri
selves stark nuketl, oil their bodie‘é'mll
over. conceal knife-blades in their hair.
and then slip through the hands ol those
who attempt to secure. them or'cut the tin
gers of uhoever would grasp them by the
hair. It is not strange that Chinese burg
lars ahouhl have ways of their own an eve
ry thing in China I! the reverse of what it
is with us. They mourn in white—«their
compass points South—they put their sau
cers on their cups—the bun guest round
the earth—~the earth is in perfectly square.
that body—they punish the innocent to
find out the ,uuiltym-thev shake their own
hands instead of those or their friends
they 10,1378”. the soles of their boots—the
“left hand is the post of honor-~and how is
It to be supposed that their thieves are
like ours?- in China one thing is certain.
crime brings punishment as surely as evu
portttton brings rain. For every crime
somebody must be punished—mud. like
the rain. punishment might be mid to
"(all alike upon the just and uponvthe on
just.” ‘ ' ‘5
is2luocrattc Banner.
1; A n m m L D, m; Nov. 28, 1845
Democratic Heeling.
'l‘ho Damocrullc cilizcm: of Clonrfiold (-ounlyurc
rcapecllully invilcd to meet in the court h nuso un
Tuesday evening of Iho Decomhor (Mun. A prum
ment nlyjcct of UM.- mcol'mg in lo devim some plan
I'm the improvement of Iho present dolognlo sys
lcm. A genorul nuendnnce 11l vurnoullv rcqucalcd
By order ofSlnmling (,‘ummim-p,
M. NICHOLS jv, Ch'n,
Temperance? Meeting.
Tho Clonrfiold county Washingtonian Associa
tion \nll hold their 3d qunrlerly meeting in Iho
court house. in the burongh nf Clcurfield, on Mon
dny evening the la! 01 Docemhcr noxl. being courl
“clok.
WM. RA DEB/HIGH, Sec
Nov 25
flppoinlment by the Governor—GEO.
R. BAmmTT. Esq. of mis pince. lo be aid
dc-oamp to his Excellency, with the rank
of Liculenanl Coluncl.
OUR I’os'rxn.-——Wo uould ask lho at
lemion of lovers of good poetry to two 0-
riginal pieces on our oulside. 'l‘helanicle
" To a far oflFricml" in, to our nolio'n.‘a
finished produmion. _
yj’We have complied wnh rho request
of the pubiiahers ofthe Democratic‘Re
view. by inserting and noticing \heir pros
pcclus. We now wail for the perform
ance of their part of the bargain.
SC?" H’liere he always was, and where
he ever means (a be." This wasthe dec
laration of M r. W EBS'I'ER, when he return
ed to Boston after leaving Mr. 'l'YLen’s
cabinet—meaning that he had always lived
a W higl and meant to the a Whig. The
same Mr. “'ebster recently addressed the
Whigs of Massachusetts in Faneuil Hall.
on the Oregon question, in which he takes
a position widely difl'erent from “hat is
generally thought to be the opinion of the
present administration; and, we believe, a
large majority of the American people.—
He makes several flourishes about the U
sited States having proposed to settle the
question by giving England all north of 49
deg. By making that proposition. he
seems to think, we surrendered our claim
to the territory north of that line. Had
England accepted our offer, then would it
have been binding on us—but her refusal
to do so, leaves the question where it was
before any such proposition was made."—
Mr. Webster might very appropriately
have used the same language on this ques
tion that he did when suspected of turning
democrat, that he- " was now, as he had
been during the last war. and on the North
eastern boundary question, arid' where he
ever meant to be,” on (he Erin‘s/t side. V
Efl’lf thu packer in Neal’s Gazette of
fice wouid put the copy of that excellent
paper addressed to the ‘ Banner,’ in the
Clearfield package. he wnuld save a wrap
per. and what is of more importance to us.
furnish us with the paper three days earli
er than we now receive it,
pg’diy the last arrival from England
we learn that the greatest excitement pre~
vault: in En'g'lit'nd and Ireland from the great
scarcity of bread slum. A famine, with
all its attendant horrors, threatens nearly
half of Europe. A constant cry ts heard
from the people of England and Ireland,
to repeal the corn laws, and admit bread
stufTs duty free. O‘Gnnnel goes still fur
ther. and demands an appropriation of a
million and a half sterling from the Gov
ernment to purchaue breadetufTs, and it her»
vy tax upon absent land holders in Ireland
rhe prohibition of the use of grain for dis
tilling purposes. 8&0.
Next Canal Commissioner.—'l‘he Erie
Observer and Clarion Democrat are both
out in favor of Gen.’ CLOVER, of Brook
ville. as the candidate of tlie great Demo
cratic Northwestern Territory {or Canal
Commieetoner. We could go fortho Gen‘
oral with a right good will, and certainly
the claims of this portion of the State will
not be disregarded, as it is the first time
they have brought forward one of their own
men. '
aj‘Hon. C. J. INGERSOLL. of l’hila-‘
delpltia. stands prominent as a candidate
for the Speakersh'tp in the United States
House of Representatives. ”0 is an old
member. and would make an excellent elli
cer. This being the cnée, we hope he may
be elected ; for if the Democratic party are
indebted to any man’s firmness and energy.
it is to C. .J. lngersoll.
{if/“James McCafl'crty, the murderer o
Dahd linssler, in Humingdon county [as
summer. had his Ilial lam week, and recei
vod sante'ncq _of death. " '
’l‘uAnxaoxvmo.4'l"lmraday last’ «ms
properly obscrvml in mm place, ugreenbh’
Io tlm recommendation of lho Governor. -
fill‘file stores now closed. and nppropriam
sermons pmached,—-al 11 o'clock by Rev.
S. N 5 HOWELL. and in ILe ewening by the
Rev. E. “'mn' . ¢
gan’l‘ho lonn of Sag Hmboy, on Long
Island, N. Y, was vixiled by a very dc
slructive fire on xho 15(1) inst. des‘rug‘lhg
about 100 houses, and properly to the a
mount of $200,000. A A
ufiu'l‘ha great ’l‘arifl' Convention at
l'lollidaysburg, was, we should judge, a
splendid failure—at least to some. An ef
fort was made to pass tesolutions declaring
destruction tooany atteinpt to alter in any
way the present Tarifl' law. which was
promptly voted down. The resolutions
uhlcll “are adopted. tire rather ofa mild
nature. and approve of the piescnt law. as
it in They also expressa willingnens to
have it altered, if such is the wish ofthe
people.
Going it Slrong.—-A lady in West
chesler county. N. Y. aged about 40 years.
lately obtained a ‘lerdicl of $40,000 against
her beau, of about the same age. {or breach
of promise ol marriage.
:erGreal alarm prevails In Allegheny
and Washington counties. caused bv the
prevalence of the Small Pox. Abodt 500
cases have occurred in l’insbmg.
BRITISH PHIL.~\NTHROPY.
Much has been said ot the philanthrop
ic nature of the British towards slaves.
but their benevolent feelings have been
more uruusetl in favor of our slave popula
tion than in favor of any other. This kind
lt‘t'llng does not emanate lrom any real
fellow-feeling they possess towards the
colored race. but it springs from a desire
to overthrow this institution of our coun
try. As a very pretty sample ofthe tlis
interested and philanthropic News of the
British to the amelioration of the negro
slaves. we will lay before our readers
what the \‘Vnshington correspondent of
the New York Journal of Commerce says,
With regard to the tender mercies shown
to the negroes captured by the British on
the open seas. and taken by them to Bra
zil. ln speaking ol the despa'ches recei
vetl lrom Mr. Wise. our minister at Bra
zil, the correSpundent says:
HThe documents are voluminoun. and
present a deplorable picture-of the extent
and miseries of the traffic, and of the am
gravated evils which have spinng frnm
British interference. The document
shows that the system is converted into a
mode of enriching the British navel offi.
cers at the expense of unheard ol oppres
suons and cruclties exercised upon the At
rican rnee. Alricans are stolen with the
connivnnce ol these officers in the Moz
ambique channel, for the more purpose ol
putting the‘prize money in their own poc
kels.
“The despatchea of Mr. Wise prove.
that the British system of African appren
lic‘i'uhjp is the most barbarous and oppres
sive code 0! slavery hitherto known to
history. The negroesbrought from [\fii
cu are apprenticed, that is.s.o|il for fifteen
years. to pay their passage, in Brazil.
Guiano, nnd D‘imarnrn, and generally are
worked to death before the expiration of
their term. The day at redemption nev
er arrives to the Alrican apprenticed un
dei the British laws. ”is life ceases wht’n
his master has no interest to keep him a
live.
"These documents wiH come before the
wovld in due time. perhaps not untxl after
Cungrus meets. 'l‘hev \vill expose, in a
true light. the pretonsiops of the British
Government to philanthropy, and to an
exclusive right to guard the black man."
New Orleans Republican
ROBBERY ()F A MAIL.
The mail pouch [or TN. York antl Phil
adelphia. made up at Albany 0 the llth
instant, was robbed on its wa§ to New
York city. It was exceedingly valuable.
containing tlralts~o£ banks to the amount
of $20,000. It was not in charge 0”
mail agent. and the person whose duty it
is to take them from the boat, on her ar
rival at New York. to the Post-ofiice found
the mail bags lying on the deckol the
boat. the officer in whose rooms they were
usually placed tor safeguard having retir
ed to his birth and left them on the deck.
instead of retaining them in his room. and
delivering them to the post'olfiee porter
when the boat arrived. The pouch spo
ken of was not among them. The boat
reached New York at 4 o'clock in the
morning. The mail must have been ta
lten oil in the interval between the. land-
Ing antl the arrival of the parlor from the
post-office. The Albany Argus says the
Commercial Bank had enclosed in it drallfi
to the amount of $70,000. the State Bank
s2o.ooo—in all about $120,000. These
were. in all instances, we believe. drawn
payable to order. and a forged endorse
ment will be necessary belore they can be
mutle available to the robbers. N° mo
ney. as far as yet ascertained. W” ”9"”
The information at the robbery came here
so late as to render unavailing all clients
for the recovery of the loss or the detec
tion of its authors. These _clforld , are.
however, pushed vigorously. and yva trust
successfully. by Postmaster Moms. O'N-
York. Mr. Wasson suggests that P 035"
bly the mail may have gone onfiouth-J-by
mistakel This,. of COLlrßt‘,‘Wlll 60°.“ be
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